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I Want You - Jazz Gillum
William McKinley Gillum (September 11, 1904 – March 29, 1966), known as Jazz Gillum, was an American blues harmonica player. He was born in Indianola, Mississippi. After running away from home at the age of seven, Gillum spent…
Continue Reading »I Will Not Be Your Fool
This is a band that I stumbled onto when I was in school. They were playing a free concert in Schenly Park in Pittsburgh and I stopped. I'm really glad tht I did. Not only did it turn…
Continue Reading »I Wish - Efrem Towns and Warren Haynes Band with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Dirty Dozen Brass Band trumpeter Efrem Towns is recovering at home in New Orleans from a vicious attack by a dog in an Atlanta motel. He missed performances in Colorado and New Orleans after the attack on Nov.…
Continue Reading »I Wish I Knew Then What I Know Now - Junior Wells
Junior Wells (December 9, 1934 – January 15, 1998), born Amos Wells Blakemore Jr., was a blues vocalist and harmonica player and recording artist based in Chicago, who was also famous for playing with Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy,…
Continue Reading »I Wish My Mother Was On That Train - "Blind" Joe Taggart
Blind Joe Taggart was an American blind country blues musician, from the 1920s and 1930s. He was a great influence on folk singer, Josh White, whom he traveled with. According to White, Taggart was a mean-tempered man. He…
Continue Reading »I Wish You Would - Billy Boy Arnold w/ Phil Alvin
Billy Boy Arnold (born William Arnold, September 16, 1935, Chicago, Illinois) is an American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter. Born in Chicago, he began playing harmonica as a child, and in 1948 received informal lessons from his…
Continue Reading »I Wish You Would - The Nighthawks
The Nighthawks are an American blues and roots music band, based in Washington, D.C. The Nighthawks currently are Mark Wenner (vocals and harmonica), Paul Bell (lead guitar), Johnny Castle (bass guitar), and Mark Stutso (drums). Beginning with dates…
Continue Reading »I Woke Up This Morning
This is rare early footage of Alvin Lee and Ten Years After playing a developmental version of a blues song they later developed. Just seeing Alvin not playing an ES335 is strange. Alvin is one of th3 original…
Continue Reading »I Woke Up This Morning - Eugene Bridges
Eugene is a nomadic musician living his life on the road. His home is wherever the next performance takes him, and every year this is from America through Europe, to Australia with many other stops in between. Born…
Continue Reading »I Wonder - Cecil Gant
Cecil Gant (April 4, 1913 - February 4, 1951) was an American blues singer and pianist. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Gant worked local clubs through the mid 1930s up until the Second World War, when he enlisted in…
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